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<latemp_subject"OpenSourceSoftwareIwrote"/><latemp_more_keywords"open,source,opensource,freesoftware,free,software,freecell,solver,perl,cpan,linux,unix,programs,applications,libraries,apis"/><p>I love computers, and I also like to program for fun, profit and ideals. I’ve
been programming since I was 10 years old (back in 1987 for the PC XT ROM
BASIC). Now in my free time I’m using a Linux machine for development, and
am working on <ahref="http://www.opensource.org/">Open Source
Software</a>. I also maintain some software-related resources, and also have
some <ahref="$(ROOT)/philosophy/computers/">essays about computing</a>.
</p><h2id="projects">Open Source Projects</h2><divclass="indent"><p><ahref="projects/">Open Source Projects</a> I initiated. Mostly small to
medium scale.
</p><h3id="cpan"><ahref="http://search.cpan.org/~shlomif/">My CPAN Modules</a></h3><p>I wrote several modules for <ahref="http://search.cpan.org/">CPAN</a> - the
Comprehensive Perl Archive Network.
</p><h3id="bits"><ahref="bits.html">Bits and Bobs</a></h3><p>A random collection of small programs I created, and are made available to
the public.
</p></div><h2id="contributions"><ahref="contributions/">Contributions to Open Source Software</a></h2><p>This page lists contributions I made to open-source projects which I have
not initiated.
</p><h2id="resources"><ahref="resources/">Software Resources Sites</a></h2><p>Various software sites and resource links.
</p><h2id="favourite"><ahref="favourite/">Favourite Free Software</a></h2><p>This contains a list of some of my favourite free software packages out
there.
</p><h2id="interviews"><ahref="interviews/">Interviews with Open Source People</a></h2><p>These are a collection of interviews I conducted with people of the open
source community.
</p><h2id="anti"><ahref="anti/">Pages against Bad Software</a></h2><p>These are pages dedicated to educate people on why they shouldn’t use certain
bad programs.
</p><h2id="nostalgia"><ahref="nostalgia/">Nostalgia - Some Ancient Software of Mine</a></h2><p>These are old programs I wrote for DOS during high school, mostly in
<ahref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_C++">Turbo C++</a>.
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